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Bristol Police charged, 24-year-old Mario Rivera with murder after the body of Shenia Walker was found inside her apartment, Wednesday morning. (Published Wednesday, April 3, 2013)

Updated at 11:37 AM EDT on Wednesday, Apr 3, 2013

A 29-year-old mother of four was found dead inside a home on Cypress Street in Bristol early Wednesday morning and police have charged her boyfriend with murder.

Mario Rivera, 24, of Beths Avenue in Bristol, has been arrested, charged with murder and is being held on $1.5 million bond.

Police responded to the home at 2:56 a.m. when the Bristol Police Communications Center received a 911 call reporting that a woman was injured at a home on Cypress Street.

Responding officers found the victim, Shenia Walker, in a second-floor apartment. The official cause of death has not been released, but police believe she was stabbed several times while her children were in the home.